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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan criticized the West for condemning Iran’s attack but not Israel’s strike on the embassy in Damascus, which Iran has pointed to as being the cause of their attack. He called for the condemnation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying, “The one that needs to be condemned, cursed here is firstly...

Turks dealt President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his party their biggest electoral blow on Sunday in a nationwide local vote that reasserted the opposition as a political force and reinforced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu as the president’s chief rival.

One person died, and five others were wounded, following an alleged “terror attack” at an Istanbul courthouse on Tuesday. The two assailants, a man and a woman — reportedly part of the leftist DHKP-C militant group — were shot dead by authorities shortly after the attack, according to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that Israel would face “grave consequences” if it banned Palestinian Muslims from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the coming month of Ramadan.

The U.S. and Britain carried out dozens of air strikes on Houthi military targets overnight on Thursday, widening a regional conflict stemming from Israel’s war in Gaza. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday he believed the strikes by U.K. and the U.S. on Houthi military targets in Yemen will degrade the capability of...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday for comments in which the latter compared him to Adolf Hitler. The exchange came as Israeli military officials and Netanyahu signalled there is no end in sight to the fighting with Hamas, even as hospitals in the Gaza Strip are in crisis...

On Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed his disappointment with the United States after it vetoed a proposed United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that it is Turkey’s responsibility to save Palestinians from Israeli “cruelty” and hold those who carry out attacks in Gaza accountable. Speaking in the Black Sea province of Rize, Erdogan said Turkey is doing much more on the Gaza crisis than what is seen and will never leave Palestinians...

During a Wednesday address to his AK Party, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for a ceasefire in the Middle East and said Israel’s bombardment of Gaza amounts to a “mental illness.” He also called on all countries to avoid provoking further conflict and warned against approaching it as a conflict between two faiths.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan condemned Israel’s response to Hamas’ attack by bombing cities in Gaza — which has destroyed infrastructure, cut off humanitarian supplies and killed civilians. “Managing a conflict using every sort of embarrassing method – is not a war, it is a massacre,” he said.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that the terrorists who carried out a bomb attack in front of the Interior Ministry in Ankara failed in their attempt to threaten citizens’ peace and security. Two attackers detonated a bomb in front of Turkish government buildings in Ankara on Sunday, in an assault that left both...

During the 2023 G20 New Delhi summit — and two months after Russia exited the Black Sea grain initiative — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said a new international grain deal that did not include Russia would not be “sustainable.” Russian President Vladimir Putin quit the deal in July, only a year after the deal was...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to forward to parliament Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, on the eve of a NATO summit in Vilnius. Stoltenberg declined to give a date for when Sweden’s accession would be ratified by the Turkish parliament, the grand national assembly, which...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan has taken the oath of office for a new presidential term on June 3, after winning re-election last weekend, extending his rule into a third decade.

Voters were divided after Turkey’s incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was declared the winner in Sunday’s runoff election, giving him the mandate to rule until 2028. Celebrations erupted among Erdogan’s supporters on Sunday evening, while a day later some Turkish residents expressed disappointment.

Sunday marked the victory of Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the country’s 2023 re-election, extending his authoritarian rule into not only a third term, but a third decade. “We said that we will win in a way that no one will lose. That’s why Turkey is the only winner today,” the 69-year-old politican said...

Voters in Turkey have decided to stay with the man who has led the country for the past twenty years – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Despite rampant inflation and controversy over his handling of this year’s earthquakes, the incumbent president has been declared the winner of Turkey’s runoff election. Redmond Shannon takes a look at how...

Nowhere is the Alberta leadership race closer right now than it is in “battleground Calgary.” This is especially true in the suburban neighbourhood of the city’s south. And voters in Turkey have decided to stay with the man who has led the country for the past twenty years – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In Ukraine, Kyiv...

The polls are closed in Turkey which held its presidential election on Sunday, widely seen as the country’s most important vote in decades. The result appears too close to call and could be heading to a run-off election. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been in power for 20 years, but faces growing opposition led by challenge...

He has moved the country from a parliamentary system to an executive presidency. He’s survived a military coup and is the longest-serving leader in the history of the Turkish Republic. Calling the opposition coalition pro-LGBTQ, and accusing it of siding with terrorists, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is trying to rally his base in hopes of securing...